Remember the Electric Light Orchestra

One of the first concerts I went to as a kid(13 yrs old) was ELO's "Out Of The Blue" tour at Anaheim stadium in 1978. The stage was a giant lighting-laden recreation of the spaceship on the album that hydraulically opened to reveal the band complete with a Laserium laser light show. Mind-blowing at the time, but pretty cheesy now in hindsight.

Here's a great account of the tour technical details

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Done that already; I have at least 5 copies of 'Out of the Blue' that I purchased off of Ebay; just wondering if MFSL took a stab at these recordings what we would end up with.

The MFSL pressing of "The Cars" debut album sounds pretty darn good...

Remember the Electric Light Orchestra

Unfortunately,yes.The link Riley804 provived above hits the nail on the head.

I remember studying for a science exam in high school to their music. After the test, we had to stay put in the room till everyone was finished, and I still recall, many years later, replaying that music in head while sitting there. Haven't heard them in years though, have to have another listen. Wonder if my science exam will come back to me while I listen?

Not so, so long ago they (sort of) reformed under the name "The Orchestra" with original member Bev Bevan (IIRC) and a new singer - Parthenon Huxley (aka P. Hux, Rick Rock, Rick Miller). P. Hux was an early songwriting collaborator with E of Eels, and has been a longtime favorite of mine. This past July,I contaced P Hux about performing an ELO heavy set for my wife's birthday party - and he was available. In the end, we went another way, but it was fun revisiting all those old ELO tunes in the process.

BTW, I'm a fan of Jeff Lynne, but I'm not so sure that Roy Wood wasn't the real genius in this band - if only briefly.